Rock

Ancient humans precisely navigated northern Israel to find right stones for tools, study suggests

Basalt seemingly held special importance at GBY, particularly for producing large cutting tools like handaxes and cleavers.

JULY 19, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

A microscopic view of buried basalt from Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov. This image shows olivine basalt recovered from the Eshel Ya‘aqov borehole, examined as a thin section under polarized light to reveal its minerals and texture. Image taken under cross-polarized light (XPL); scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Israeli singer and songwriter Esther Shamir.

Pioneering Israeli rock singer-songwriter Astar Shamir dies at 71

ACUM, the Israeli composers, authors, and music publishers’ rights organization, mourned Shamir as “a creator, author, singer, ACUM board member, and extraordinary woman.”

JUNE 11, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

A partial view of a settlement from the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), discovered during archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority near Motza Junction, about 5 km west of Jerusalem, July 16, 2019; file photo.

Plaster-making technique attributed to Romans used at Motza some 8,000 years earlier, study shows

"The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B residents of Motza were surprisingly able to differentiate calcite and dolomite stones and used both in their plaster making," the study said.

MAY 29, 2026|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Ittai Binnun plays a large number of wind and other instruments.

Ittai Binnun’s ‘Home’: Jerusalem jazz meets post–Oct 7. reality

Multi-instrumentalist Binnun sets out his expansive cultural stall Confederation House.

APRIL 19, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

Jewish rock and roll icon Mama Cass Elliot helped me love my body

This field trip marked the beginning of several years of disordered eating, marked by obsessively restricting my calorie intake and monitoring everything I put into my mouth.

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByDELANEY DAVIS/JTA

Photo of "The Mamas And The Papas" circa 1970s

'Cookie Monster' rock takes internet by storm, could fetch $10,000

"I think this is probably the most perfect Cookie Monster out there."

JANUARY 25, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Characters dressed up as the Cookie Monster and Elmo from Sesame Street stand in Times Square while waiting to pose for photographs with people for tips

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish co-founder of legendary New York Dolls, dead at 69

Family fled Egypt in 1950s: ‘They confiscated all our belongings, we started all over again,’ guitarist told ‘Post’

JANUARY 17, 2021ByLARRY MCSHANE

GUITARIST SYLVAIN SYLVAIN performs in San Diego, California, in 2006. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images/TNS)

11-year-old Palestinian injured by rock-throwing Jewish settlers - report

Since the death of hilltop youth Ahuvia Sandak last month, Yesh Din investigators say they have received verified reports of 41 different cases of Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian.

JANUARY 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Settlers from Yitzhar throw rocks at houses, break window in the Palestinian village of Madama, south of Nablus. January 17, 2021.

Israeli injured by settlers throwing stones at Palestinians

It is unclear if the injured person was throwing stones as well.

JANUARY 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE

Rocks, painted in red, outside the IDF HQ in Tel Aviv during a protest against army anti-terror policy. Protesters wanted to show that stone-throwing can kill

Grohl, Foo Fighters frontman, does covers by Jewish artists for Hanukkah

Stay tuned to the Foo Fighters’ social media pages to see what comes next in the series.

DECEMBER 15, 2020ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA

IDF denies killing Palestinian teen after claims he was beaten in chase

While the IDF reported that the teen fainted and died without any physical contact from soldiers, Palestinian media claimed he was beaten to death by the IDF.

OCTOBER 25, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE